install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install juju

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#juju

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ju/juju/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%

choco install juju

Chocolatey community package catalog · juju · source: community.chocolatey.org

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id Canonical.Juju -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Canonical.Juju · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

DevOps management tool

Project links

Commands and aliases

juju
juju-metadata

history

Project history and usage

Juju is Canonical's model-driven operations and application orchestration tool. It uses charms, controllers, models, and relations to deploy, integrate, scale, and operate software across Kubernetes, virtual machines, bare metal, and public or private clouds.

Project history

Juju grew out of Canonical's effort to make operations code reusable. Official documentation describes charms as operators that package the instructions needed to deploy, configure, scale, integrate, and manage applications on supported clouds. The model/controller split became central: users bootstrap a controller, create models, deploy charms, and let agents reconcile desired state.

Adoption history

By July 2015, Canonical was publishing Kubernetes 1.0 deployment workflows through Juju charms. In June 2016, Canonical announced additional storage and networking vendors in the Juju Charm Partner Program, showing an attempt to build an ecosystem around reviewed, reusable operations code.

How it is used

The Homebrew package exposes the `juju` CLI and related metadata tooling for bootstrapping controllers, adding models, deploying charms, managing credentials, and integrating applications. The CLI is both a local client and the main entry point into Juju's controller-backed orchestration model.

Why package nerds care

Juju is notable in package-manager culture because the CLI is only the tip of a larger distributed control plane. Installing the package gives access to an ecosystem of charms, Charmhub, cloud credentials, controller state, and model data rather than a self-contained utility.

Timeline

2014: GitHub tags show the 1.20.0 release line.
2015: Canonical documented Kubernetes 1.0 deployment through Juju charms.
2016: Canonical announced added vendors in the Juju Charm Partner Program.
2020: GitHub tags show the 2.8.0 release line.
2023: GitHub tags show a 3.0 end-of-life marker, reflecting the 3.x generation.

Related projects

Charmhub is the charm and bundle discovery surface for Juju users.
The Operator Framework-style Ops library is the standard framework for modern charm authors.
MAAS, LXD, Kubernetes, and OpenStack are common infrastructure contexts for Juju deployments.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for juju. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: $JUJU_DATA/clouds.yaml$JUJU_DATA/controllers.yaml$JUJU_DATA/models.yaml~/.local/share/juju/clouds.yaml~/.local/share/juju/controllers.yaml~/.local/share/juju/models.yaml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: $JUJU_DATA/credentials.yaml~/.local/share/juju/credentials.yaml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`juju`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`juju-metadata`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version4.0.13

manager updated2026-07-26

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:juju
Version	4.0.13
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://canonical.com/juju
Repository	https://github.com/juju/juju
Last updated	2026-07-26T04:08:08+02:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

juju

nix profile install nixpkgs#juju

normalized package name match
Matched by: Juju

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ju/juju/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Chocolatey95%

juju

choco install juju

normalized package name match
Matched by: Juju

Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: juju from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','java7u13x86'

winget95%

Canonical.Juju

winget install --id Canonical.Juju -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Juju

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Canonical.Juju from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/juju.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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